Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker fears he's lost is touch in Spider-Man 2, but that's not the case. The sequel's taken in $180.1M

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Make most of it back in your first week.

Spider-Man 2, which swung into theaters breaking records on its first day, continued to shatter them over the Fourth of July weekend. (Related chart: See the weekend's top 10 films)

The web-slinger took in $115.8 million over the four-day weekend, according to estimates from box office tracker Nielsen EDI. That brings the sequel's total to a staggering $180.1 million since its release last Wednesday.

In six days, the sequel set records for biggest opening day, biggest Fourth of July weekend, biggest five-day opening and fastest movie to $180 million. If ticket sales continue at this pace, the sequel will oust its 2002 predecessor, which raked in $403.7 million. The top-grossing movie ever remains Titanic, with $600.8 million in 1997.

"Who needs fireworks when you have Spider-Man?" says Sony chief Amy Pascal. "We knew we had a great film — even better than the original. But it's even more gratifying when you see that people in the theaters agree with you."

The film took in a whopping $27,890 per screen, thanks largely to critical raves and teen-friendly trailers that analysts call some of the strongest in years. Among them: a would-be kiss between Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson interrupted by the arrival of the villain Doc Ock.

"We had a lot of great scenes to choose from," says marketing chief Geoffrey Ammer. "If there was going to be a screw-up, it would be on our end."

Instead, the web-slinger powered the industry to its best Fourth of July weekend ever with $225 million.

"That ad did it for me," says Robert Helm, 18, who saw the film Saturday in Miami. "That's when I knew the story would be as good as the effects."

According to Sony vice chairman Jeff Blake, about 52% of the audience was male, and 55% was 25 and younger. But the film "played across every demographic," says Marvel Studios chief Avi Arad, who also produced Spider-Man 2. "We're getting a lot of people who only saw the first movie on video but came out to the theaters for this one."

Other weekend winners:

•Fahrenheit 9/11. The Michael Moore documentary scored an impressive $21 million, down just 12% and good for No. 2 and a total of $60.1 million. "We absorbed the blows of Spider-Man pretty well," says Tom Ortenberg, head of distributor Lions Gate.

•Shrek 2. Though it might not hold the perch for long, the animated tale reached $410.2 million this weekend, supplanting the original Spider-Man as fifth-biggest film.